$5bn computer says ‘no’: Tragedy results
IT took $5 billion and a decade to develop, but an ultra-advanced US battlefield intelligence computer network was ‘offline’ the day an Afghan hospital was bombed.
Inventions
Defence’s secret self-harm list
SELF-harm incidents and suicides in the Australian Defence Force have more than doubled in the past five years, and the list is being kept secret from top brass.
Helmet gives soldiers 3D vision
LOOKING out from under the helmet, the warrior sees the real-world battlefield overlaid with data. It will change the battlefield forever.
Russia’s deadly new weapon
VLADIMIR PUTIN’s hi-tech electronic armoury is spreading fear in the Middle East, and it’s one area where the nation may be able to outplay the West.
‘A whole nation is mobilised’
KIDS are being pulled out of school. Workers have abandoned their factories. Across North Korea everyone is preparing for one thing.
How can the US justify this atrocity?
UNDER cover of darkness, the US repeatedly bombed a hospital. 22 doctors, nurses and patients are dead. For some reason, hardly anyone’s talking about it.
US prepares bold move against China
THE United States is so fed up with China trying to lay claim to a vast and strategic swathe of the ocean, it’s about to show who’s boss.
Australia’s ‘$50 billion blunder’?
A WAR of words has erupted over our future submarine fleet. Jobs are needed now, but can you rush a $50 billion project?
America’s warning for misbehaving China
TENSIONS between the United States and China are rising again, with the world’s most powerful naval officer unleashing a brutal broadside.
Australians warned about Russian planes
AUSTRALIAN pilots have not bombed Syria since Moscow became involved in the conflict, but have been told what to do if they encounter a Russian fighter.
Army’s new $1.3bn ‘world leader’
FRENCH defence giant Thales will build more than 1100 ‘baby Bushmaster’ vehicles under a new $1.3 billion contract.
Marise Payne hits the ground running
SHE’S only new to the job but already Defence Minister Marise Payne has issued a billion dollar contract and guaranteed hundreds of jobs.
What Vladimir Putin is really up to
HIS name’s Vladimir and he’s here to help. Or is he? Russia has started air strikes in Syria, and Putin’s motives aren’t all pure.
‘I was threatened with anal rape’
SAM, Greg and David claim they were trying to stage a peaceful protest when they copped a “traumatic” response.
RAAF tanker tops up F-35 fighter jet
THE RAAF has hit a milestone in the development of its $16 billion fighter jet fleet, with the successful mid-air refuelling of an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
US Army is training robot dogs
GOOGLE and the US Marines are currently putting robot dogs through basic training, ready to deploy in the field.
This is what Russia is doing in Syria
WELL this is awkward. Russia has deployed 28 combat planes in Syria, US officials say. And its military moves have drawn ire.
North Korea’s secret nuke plan
AUSTRALIA is now an “easy target” for a nuclear attack from North Korea. The rest of the world should be worried too.
First air mission to Syria complete
AUSTRALIAN jet fighters have completed their first operational mission into Syria, returning safely without releasing any weapons.
The futuristic plan for building navy vessels
IT sounds fake, but navies around the world could harness 3D-printing to build hi-tech military vessels over the next 15 years.
US military’s plan to recruit ‘gremlins’
THE US military has given the go-ahead to building swarms of small, but deadly drones known as ‘gremlins’, which can be launched to overwhelm any enemy.
Is this the scary warship of the future?
INNOVATIVE technology such as holograms, 3D printed drones and laser beams will all come as standard on the warship of the future.
‘I get treated like a dog’: veteran
A SENATE inquiry has heard shocking claims of how Aussie troops were locked up and treated like animals for raising their mental health concerns.
NASA unearths self-healing material
NASA’s coolest discovery yet might not be in outer space, but right here on Earth and it has the potential to make the Terminator a reality.
Has the lost Nazi gold train been found?
THE hunt for a long-lost Nazi train carrying gold, weapons and other priceless loot has taken a new twist. Is the search over?
North Korea really hates this
NORTH and South Korea are often on the brink of war, but the South’s big weapon has nothing to do with its military.
‘Spy robot’ puts China in a spin
BEIJING claims a metal cylinder pulled from the waters of the South China Sea was a foreign spy device used to gather intelligence on their navy, further stoking regional tensions.
Bishop slams ‘appalling’ Hastie jibes
FOREIGN Minister Julie Bishop has fired back over reports a soldier-turned-Liberal candidate was involved in the mutilation of dead Taliban fighters.
It’s a ‘drill for a surprise nuclear war’
NORTH KOREA warns a joint military exercise with the US and South Korea is a “declaration of war” — and it’s ready to fight back against the White House.
This military drone is a game changer
TAIWAN unveiled the prototype of its largest ever military drone as it seeks to boost its defence forces in the face of a perceived threat from China.
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